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Many temporary Christmas post office staff were unpaid at Chelmsford. One temp worker, Claudia Hart, got taken on a fortnight ago and said a member of management said “don’t worry” about the problem.

Among a series of secretly-filmed deals involving goods like stolen cable, an employee of Lowes Metals of Grays, Essex passed on tips of the trade.

A top City regulator will meet protesters from the St Paul’s Cathedral camp.

London’s Blackfriars station was affected today (December 7, 2011) by construction workers taking part in sudden strike action.

London Ambulance Service (LAS) said there was severe pressure on 999 services and called in police to help respond to emergency calls because of yesterday’s strike by public sector workers.

The Maldon District Council finance and corporate services committee are to be asked next Tuesday (November 29, 2011) whether to allow payments to be made to par

Ambitious plans for Chatham Dockyard could result in up to 3,500 jobs created. The Peel Group has submitted a proposal for a Brownfield site near the River Medway.

A surge in growth of East London’s technology concerns has not pleased everyone.

A research and development site in Sandwich is set to retain hundreds more jobs than expected. Around 650 jobs will remain at the facility, which once employed 2,400 people, owned by Pfizer.

Leading BBC programmes could be affected by industrial action as staff will be balloted over a major strike. Unions also did not rule out action during next year’s Olympic Games in London.

It is claimed that London Underground (LU) wants to shed more than 1,500 jobs and close all but 30 ticket offices.

A South East Coast Ambulance Service spokesman told news reporters that injuries caused in a Surrey industrial fire ranged from “minor to far more serious.” Two air ambulances and a dozen ambulances attended the scene at th